Toyo to close Malaysian tire manufacturing unit Silverstone Berhad (Perak, Malaysia) in June, the company has announced. The wholly-owned subsidiary will subsequently be dissolved, according to the 15 Feb statement from Takashi Shimizu, president & CEO of Itami City, Hyogo-based Toyo Silverstone Berhad manufactures tires for new vehicles and Silverstone brand tires for aftermarket use, primarily for automakers in Malaysia, as well as certain Toyo Tires brand tires. According to Toyo, the closure decision was “unavoidable [given] the operating environment, the position of the plant in our ...